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Ruth Gaskovski's avatar

Thanks for sharing these thoughtful insights into your filmmaking experience Ted! What a shame that "Mad World" did not make it. My husband and I watched "The Coddling" and will encourage our readers to watch it as well (especially with their teens). You provided a piece of sane ground between the extremes. Thanks for your excellent work! Looking forward to part 2.

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Ted Balaker's avatar

Thank you so much for spreading the word, Ruth! Yes, we are very disappointed about Mad World. Thank you for your kind words -- by the way, we're a homeschool family too!

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Ruth Gaskovski's avatar

Happy to help spread seeds of sanity! I have some practical homeschooling resources on School of the Unconformed (incl. downloadable pdfs for Latin/Greek stems with fun activities that my co-op students loved:) and would be happy to give you a comp subscription if you are interested.

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Jenny Hudak's avatar

"The Coddling" was excellent, and I will definitely be checking out your other films! Thank you for weathering the chill and standing for the truth. And please make the Thomas Sowell movie!!!

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Ted Balaker's avatar

Thank you, Jenny! Hope you enjoy the other films -- available on Amazon Prime and elsewhere. And I'd love to make the Sowell movie

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Amusings's avatar

There is a young actor on Substack who did a 'crowd fund' for a film/play about Thomas Sowell in which he would play the lead. He was able to raise over his goal.

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Ted Balaker's avatar

wow -- very cool!

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snek's avatar

Clifton Duncan was very much maligned by the industry and I'm very happy he's doing this. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sowell-a-solo-play-about-an-american-genius#/

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TonyMHobbs's avatar

Most know “history is written by the winners.”

But too often truth is hidden and ignored by those in power.

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Ted Balaker's avatar

Yes indeed. Well said.

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ABossy's avatar

So apparently Mary Poppins has now been moved from Universal rating (family friendly), to Parental Guidance. Somebody somewhere got offended. I have no words.

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Ted Balaker's avatar

Hilarious and terrifying!

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Amusings's avatar

The State of the Arts stack written by Clifton Duncan.

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